Jørgen Moe
Right Reverend Jørgen Engebretsen Moe | |
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Bishop of Kristianssand | |
Denmark-Norway | |
Died | 27 March 1882 Kristiansand, Norway | (aged 68)
Buried | Vestre Aker Church graveyard, Kristiania |
Nationality | Norwegian |
Denomination | Christian |
Parents | Engebret Olsen Moe and Marthe Jørgensdatter |
Spouse | Johanne Fredrikke Sophie Sørenssen |
Children | Moltke Moe |
Occupation | Priest |
Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (22 April 1813–27 March 1882) was a
Biography
Jørgen Engebretsen Moe was born at the farm of Øvre Moe in the municipality of Hole in the traditional district of Ringerike. He was the son of local farmer and politician Engebret Olsen Moe. He first met Asbjørnsen while the two were preparing for exams at Norderhov Rectory and soon found they had a shared interest in folklore.[2]
Starting in 1841, Moe traveled almost every summer through the southern parts of Norway, collecting traditions and stories from the people living in the mountainous areas. In 1845, he was appointed professor of theology in the
At his first parish he found inspiration for many of his most famous poems, like den gamle Mester (The Old Master) and Sæterjentens Søndag (Sunday at the Mountain Pastures). In 1863, he moved to Drammen and became parish priest of Bragernes Church, then in 1870 he moved again to Vestre Aker, close to Christiania (now Oslo). In 1874, he became bishop in the Diocese of Kristianssand based at the Kristiansand Cathedral, a position he held from 1874until his death in 1882. He was a much beloved bishop, and his teaching had a great impact on his contemporaries.[3][4]
Moe has a special claim on critical attention in regard to his
Moe was appointed Knight of the
Impact on Norwegian culture
Together with Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, the impact of Jørgen Moe on
Even if other countries have a rich folk literature, Norwegians will normally claim that theirs, through the work of Asbjørnsen and Moe, is one of the most original and rich. Their work constitutes a very important part of Norwegian identity. Askeladden (Ash Boy), a character whose creativity and resourcefulness always wins him the Princess and half the Kingdom, is seen as something typically Norwegian. Some of his works of poetry are still cherished, not least because of the tunes set to them. His achievements in the Church are now mostly forgotten, except locally.[8]
Ringerikes Museum
Ringerikes Museum is the regional museum for the municipalities of Hole and Ringerike in Buskerud county. Ringerikes Museum is located in Hønefoss at the site of the former Norderhov rectory where Asbjørnsen and Moe first met. It is now the local museum for the Ringerike region and contains a collection of Asbjørnsen and Moe memorabilia. The museum is also noted for its collection of the private belongings of Jørgen Moe. In the 1930s, Marie Moe, Jørgen Moe's daughter, provided a gift consisting of several hundred objects from Jorgen Moe's private home.[9]
Major works
- Samling af Sange, Folkeviser og Stev i norske Allmuedialekter, 1840; enlarged edition, 1869, with melodies by Lindeman
- Norske folkeeventyr, 1841–1852 (with Asbjørnsen); expanded version 1882; English version by George Webbe Dasent, 1859
- Digte, 1849 (poems)
- I Brønden og i Kjærnet, 1851 (juvenile stories and sermons based on folk poems)
- At hænge på juletreet, 1855
- En liten julegave, 1860
- Samlede skrifter, 1877 (collected works, excepting the folk stories)
Media gallery
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Photographed by Marie Thomsen (c.1865)
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Jørgen Moe
painted by Christian Skredsvig (1896) -
Norske Folkeeventyr
Asbjørnsen and Moe (1874) -
Barne-eventyr
Asbjørnsen and Moe (1915)
References
- ^ Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "Buskerud, Hole herad, Hole sokn". Matrikkelutkastet av 1950 (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Jørgen Engebretsen Moe". GoNorway.no.
- ^ Arthur Thorbjørnsen (2007). "Domkirkens historie før 1880". R. Stav Johanssen Printing A/S Kristiansand. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ The Norwegian Folk Tales and their Illustrators (Norway List)
- ^ Jørgen Moe (Norsk Litteraturhistorie) Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Asbjørnsen and Moe". Pook Press. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ Rudvin, Mette. "Norske Folkeeventyr. A Polysystemic Approach to Folk Literature in Nineteenth-Century Norway" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Jørgen Moe minnet". Ringerikes Museum. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
Sources
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). Encyclopedia Americana. .
- Hodne, Ørnulf (1979). Jørgen Moe og folkeeventyrene: En studie i nasjonalromantisk folkloristikk (in Norwegian). Universitetsforlaget.
- Halvorsen, J. B. (1896). Norsk Forfatter-Lexikon (in Norwegian). Vol. IV. Christiania.
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External links
- Works by Jørgen Moe at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Jørgen Moe at Internet Archive
- Works by Jørgen Moe at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Norske Folkeeventyr: Popular Tales From the Norse (translated by George Webbe Dasent, Edinburgh: David Douglass, 1888)
- Digitized books and manuscripts by Moe in the National Library of Norway
- Jørgen Engebretsen Moe at Library of Congress, with 56 library catalogue records